Recent content by E2

I am pretty sure there isn't in the Fairbanks environs- large teams of sled dogs are yarded up (like up to 80) fairly routinely around here. The house two doors down has 25 dogs...pretty noisy if they all start howling at once.

Just saw this article when I was reading the NY Times this morning: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/health/research/18pet.html?_r=1&oref=slogin (you may need to create a free account to read the article, so I will also try to paste the article below) I'll have to check it out the next time...

Mine get left alone for a day or two as well. I am pretty careful to leave them with an extra water bottle in case something happens to one bottle, and all sorts of food. Mine are very good about rationing their food (e.g., they only seem to eat when hungry), so this helps. I figure it is the...

The Audobon field guide description of a swamp rabbit reads, "enjoys swimming and diving, day and night". I always laugh when I re-read that. It just conjures up a funny image of a continually diving and swimming swamp rabbit.

I have always just loved rabbits. I had many rabbits when was a kid- Rabby, Jerome, Victor, Sloppy Joe, Abbie, Benjamin, and the list goes on. Usually, I got them for free at flea markets or from people who had them as pets and didn't want them anymore. I took a break from rabbits for almost 20...

My buns love the heat vents too. I was worried they would hate them (they are free ranging buns), but theyf wait for the heat to come, and just go lie right over them. Also, I was in Greenland this past summer for work, and there was an ecological experiment going on where the soils were...

That's awesome! Congratulations on your new family member. I am so glad that you were able to get Rory. He looks very cute, esp. with those airplane ears he seems to have in the Petfinder photos. I am relieved to know that at least I know that one of the bunnies in the Fairbanks shelter is going...

I hope it goes/went well! I noticed all those baby buns were gone too...

Hey, That's great! If you can go today though, I would. Sometimes those buns at the Fairbanks shelter go really fast (I've often wondered where they go....the adoption fee is so low I just hope they go to good homes, and not to a snake for dinner...) E2

That is really sad about the buns that overwintered outside in Fairbanks. Actually, it is just downright cruel. We have days colder than -40 F here. Even their water would freeze in just a few minutes. Well, I guess it is good she gave the rabbits to the shelter. I just hope that someone gets...

Hi Shiloh, I am just catching up on reading RO, and didn't see your intro. until today. Wow, someone else in Fairbanks. That's where I am too. I have two buns that came from the Anchorage shelter. Karan actually helped me arrange for transport from Anchorage to Fairbanks. Oh, the Fairbanks...

It snowed here this weekend, and all of a sudden, all sorts of rabbit tracks in the snow. Everywhere. We have the big snowshoe hares here that turn white in the winter. Amazing feet. It's funny though b/c I don't often see the hares, but realized today how many there must be with all the tracks...

Hi Tundrakatiebean, I hope you have fun with Karen at the shelter on Sunday, and I am really glad you can help her with taking pictures of her rabbits. She also helped me find my two buns, and sent them up to Fairbanks for me (where I live). I think she has lots of buns right now as she left a...

Golly, I have never seen dandelion seeds sold here. It seems like in the US they are viewed as the worst of all weeds!

Hi, It is funny that you mention planting dandelions in pots. I did think of that too. I wonder if it would work... I have never had rabbits that like dandelions so much. I put a whole assortment of greens that I bought from the store (trying to find something they will like this winter), and...